wrong
adjective
not in accordance with what is morally right or good.
was wronging
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past progressiveof wrong.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was wronging a particular person, who has a right to decide whether she wants to continue a relationship with someone who’s betraying her.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
I need hardly tell you that we both recognized that it was wronging you for him to stay on in the house after we discovered that we loved each other.
From The Wind Before the Dawn by Dell H. Munger
Perhaps Mrs. Putnam told Alice that Lindy was not her own child, for Alice would not accept the fortune, I know, if she thought she was wronging Lindy by doing so.
From Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks A Picture of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin
I fancied he might have shown more feeling; but I was wronging him.
From Ran Away to Sea by Mayne Reid
I complied with the den and, although I felt that I was wronging myself to do so.
From The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia by James Wells Champney
